Sean M. Phipps

Sean’s adaptability and determination is instrumental in helping client teams craft practical solutions on a wide range of IP matters. He has a keen interest in biology, chemistry, materials sciences and engineering, which informs his guidance to clients.

Prior to practicing law, Sean spent three years in regulatory affairs as a clinical studies coordinator with BioFire Diagnostics, Inc., in Salt Lake City. There, Sean worked to achieve Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for a variety of biological agent identification kits and molecular diagnostics systems that serve the biodefense community, first responders, laboratories and physicians.